Reinstatement of rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis (Acari: Ixodidae) with redescription of the adult and larval stages

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-802

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a   Venzal, José M ^b   Nava, Santiago ^c   Mangold, Atilio ^c   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^c   Labruna, Marcelo B ^d   De La Fuente, José ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australian cattle tick; redescription; reinstatement; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 84863770346     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11223     Document Type: Article

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